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we have spent upwards of $20 billion drilling a tunnel at yucca mountain, studying the geology, the environment, my understanding is that the tunnel is completed. in 2010, unilaterally, the obama administration decided to shut the project down and it's debatable whether it was done legally or not. the bill coming out of the appropriations subcommittee, all it does is allocate money that has already been collected to go ahead and finish the site review at yucca mountain to determine whether it is, in fact, a safe place to store high-level nuclear waste. ep in mind, we have over 100 operating nuclear operators around the country today and the waste they generated is stored on site. stored on site. there's good security. most of it is stored in what are called wet pools. almost everybody agrees that it's not a long-term solution. and i think the congress on a bipartisan basis can agree that we ought to go ahead and finish the review of the yucca mountain site, $25 million does it. it has allocated funding in the bill to help the local government entities out there. let's finally put this thing to
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it is a different environment. it was the mistress of the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. nixons one reason why seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. have a question -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's thele were messing with promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this is from another viewer about a secret plan. guest: the ide
it is a different environment. it was the mistress of the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. nixons one reason why seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during...
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i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> so that is san francisco airport brought to you by kgo out there. we are continuing to monitor the developments. this is now an investigation and of course about the healing of the passengers who did survive and most of them did. two dead in that crash. the rest, some of them in the hospital. some of them walked away. amazing. >>> we are getting new information about the flight data recorder from the san francisco crash. renee marsh is here with the latest. >> earlier this morning we stole e told you that those flight recorders were on the way here to washington, d.c. now we have confirmed that they are now at the national transportation safety board's lab here in washington, d.c. we're told they're in good shape. they will begin the process of annual sizing the information on these flight recorders. we should get a preliminary readout on the information on these recorders that could happen this afternoon. lots of critical information that could piece together and pain president picture of what happened in those final moment
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toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaching into the environment. it's happening right where we live, wk and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org announcer: being a dad can be tough. no, no, no. what do you mean she's not coming? when's the fairy princess coming? any minutnow. announcer: but when you're willing to do anything... ahhh... it is i, gru-zinkerbell. yay! ok, time for cake. announcer: it's always worth it. i know it's really you, gru. i'm just pretending for the other kids. announcer: the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life. take time to be a dad today. call 877-4-dad-411 or visit fatherhood.gov. lou: our next guest slams the president performance at the teeeight meeting summit la week and he wrote in a showdown my many is on putin and negotiating over syria or are wrestling to know the national interest and is prepared bu we have a president who is increasingly over the rainbow. a prize-winning columnist for the "new york post" post", sai
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it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. caller: i have a question regarding -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's people were messing with the vietnam war promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought that up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this i
it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on...
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when you grow up in a poor environment and an unsafe environment and when your family doesn't have a whole lot of resources it's very easy to make excuses. it's very easy to say i can do this, i can't do that and i can't go places because my family simply hasn't provided for me. or you know my people are oppressed. don't make any excuses for yourself. that is step number one. step number two, don't lay mothers. there are certainly bad people out there and there are always going to be people who don't necessarily wish you well but there are so many people who will always be there to lend a hand, and if you have the right attitude people will help you. people will give you a break but you have to start by not blaming others. what i saw so often in the ghetto was that people started blaming others, blaming history. pretty soon you become quite self-destructive. the key is to get away from that. and then of course the third thing which really isn't anything new, that one has to work hard. you have to take advantage of the opportunities that you have because more people to have opportunit
when you grow up in a poor environment and an unsafe environment and when your family doesn't have a whole lot of resources it's very easy to make excuses. it's very easy to say i can do this, i can't do that and i can't go places because my family simply hasn't provided for me. or you know my people are oppressed. don't make any excuses for yourself. that is step number one. step number two, don't lay mothers. there are certainly bad people out there and there are always going to be people who...
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of this, this may -- irony of this, this may lead to more emissions of carbon and methane into the environment than if we hadn't done these regulations. gregg: and higher costs for consumersesome. >> no doubt about that. the biggest concern is not so much prices, but they will be affected, it's jobs. a lot of people in the coal mining industry, a lot of people in the manufacturing sector, and these are union jobs, by the way, gregg. very worried about what's going to happen to their job if we increase the prices and put, you know, one of the effects of this will be, essentially, to put coal mining out of business. gregg: all right. stephen moore, as always, thank you very much. >> thank you, gregg. gregg: in the meantime, new numbers showing president obama's approval rating has taken a serious dive since his re-election. coming up, we're going to speak with brit hume about what's really behind this decline. >>> plus, the defense in the george zimmerman trial getting its first full day right now on the witness stand a former coworker of zimmerman. the trial is streaming in full on foxnews.com.
of this, this may -- irony of this, this may lead to more emissions of carbon and methane into the environment than if we hadn't done these regulations. gregg: and higher costs for consumersesome. >> no doubt about that. the biggest concern is not so much prices, but they will be affected, it's jobs. a lot of people in the coal mining industry, a lot of people in the manufacturing sector, and these are union jobs, by the way, gregg. very worried about what's going to happen to their job...
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economy looks better than anywhere else in the world so we have this environment with real growth and the inflation hedge because part of the economy is in inflationode part of it is in deflationary. is a safe place to put your money coming on of the bond market into equities so there is reason to believe the market is still cheaper courbet the ones to have the market have a cold -- to pull back but it isn't. i am not saying that it won't. lou: the market is frustrating a lot of the gurus but a couple of things developing today is the suggestion that perhaps there is devil back of the tax exemption of municipal bonds. >> that has been on the table for a while. i don't know if it has a variance or not that we will see how it turns out. lou: and basl iii is not strong enough some would like to raise the debt that 6% to be done with it. >> this is just one more move to make big banks smaller the missing ingredient is the regulators like the big beat down for all financial institutions. they have to get smaller that is fine but you have to break the medium ground. so for certain they will
economy looks better than anywhere else in the world so we have this environment with real growth and the inflation hedge because part of the economy is in inflationode part of it is in deflationary. is a safe place to put your money coming on of the bond market into equities so there is reason to believe the market is still cheaper courbet the ones to have the market have a cold -- to pull back but it isn't. i am not saying that it won't. lou: the market is frustrating a lot of the gurus but a...
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there is obviously concerned about the environment. they do carry risks when it comes to land and water. this is definitely a step backwards. >> why would it have to be a step backwards? why wanted it be a more natural transition? it would seem like a logical next step towards the world that you see in the future. >> americans know that all types of energy take risks. the problem with natural gas is that there are still so many unknown questions about the risks towards water. it comes to the fact gas. charles: there has been forms of frack gas for decades. if you were worried about this, you could have voiced it ten, 20, 30 years ago. you cannot point to any real examples. it has been a constant economic onset. >> that is not true at all. we do a lot of work with ranchers and farmers. there are risks to farmland. the chemicals that they are using are the big? a trained carrying 73 tankers. it has killed at least five people. this will surely spark a real debate on oil. you brought up the keystone pipeline being shipped by train, rather
there is obviously concerned about the environment. they do carry risks when it comes to land and water. this is definitely a step backwards. >> why would it have to be a step backwards? why wanted it be a more natural transition? it would seem like a logical next step towards the world that you see in the future. >> americans know that all types of energy take risks. the problem with natural gas is that there are still so many unknown questions about the risks towards water. it...
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both by individual behavior and also changing the environment. we work with groups that clean up vacant properties. try to get rid of hazards in the communities. we try to get kids engaged in improving their own community. nevertheless, as you know, flint is a very violent place. that's because it's lost a huge amount of the economic base. at one time, there were about 70,000 auto jobs in flint. 90% of those are gone. and of course, unemployment is high. poverty is high. despair is high. >> right. >> beneath that, there is a lot of determination to improve the community. >> you know, jarvis, gun laws, louisiana ranked has the fifth weakest gun laws. and the worst in gun violence, according to the center for american progress which looked at that correlation, it does not make sense. talk a little about gun legislation in louisiana. >> not only does it not make sense but it is actually getting worse. our state just passed an amendment to the constitution in november. that makes gun ownership a fundamental right in the state of louisiana. which puts
both by individual behavior and also changing the environment. we work with groups that clean up vacant properties. try to get rid of hazards in the communities. we try to get kids engaged in improving their own community. nevertheless, as you know, flint is a very violent place. that's because it's lost a huge amount of the economic base. at one time, there were about 70,000 auto jobs in flint. 90% of those are gone. and of course, unemployment is high. poverty is high. despair is high....
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you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one that just collapsed or caught fire a couple of months ago. and the chinese people are probably the only people making out on this are the government and the people headquartered in the united states. guest: thank you for your call. the calller had done a number of issues that have been controversial. one reason u.s. companies have gone to china and set up there is the chinese economy is growing much faster. estimated to grow at at least triple the rate for the next several years. if u.s. companies want to be competitive aga
you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers....
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of aidd of development program can happen in a highly unstable security environment. lesson from core iraq and afghanistan that you must have sufficient security before you have reconstruction activity development and aid. billions of dollars and too many lives. we issued a report last summer that 719 lives were lost while those individuals were engaged in reconstruction related activity. better planning, better capacity, better integration amongst the agencies would avert the kind of abuse we've seen in iraq and better execution. would implement effective oversight so the lost and blood in we've seen in iraq and afghanistan would be averted in afghanistan and whatever reconstruction we engage in. >> think user. -- thank you sir. accepted the legitimacy of our presence in germany and japan, but in iraq that was always a question. we believe when the saddam statue fell daily have the legitimacy at that that point and was it a matter of we do not enforce laws? we briskly -- was that the problem? with ourthe complexity relationship with the arab world even as saddam's st
of aidd of development program can happen in a highly unstable security environment. lesson from core iraq and afghanistan that you must have sufficient security before you have reconstruction activity development and aid. billions of dollars and too many lives. we issued a report last summer that 719 lives were lost while those individuals were engaged in reconstruction related activity. better planning, better capacity, better integration amongst the agencies would avert the kind of abuse...
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. >> we must of this massive destruction to the environment. another trading commodity gets the mainative as rivers start disappearing. >> so much so that land is disappearing fast. he has eight children and has been making charcoal for more than 80 years. he digs up peat and sets it on fire. opportunitiesew here. charcoal is the only way that i can freak -- feed my family. >> that are trying to cut off funding to al-shabbab fighters. this is a resource that is yet to be interrupted. >> there is a dollar tax for every bag of charcoal, and they get $440 -- >>. >> we found evidence that charcoal is still shipped out. the local government here has called for a temporary lifting of the band, to illegally export their current charcoal. they say is too late to save the trees that have already been cut down. al jazeera, somalia. >> hello, a warm welcome to "the journal" on dw. these are the headlines this hour. the united states increases pressure on russia as edward snowden says he wants temporary asylum there. officials blame the devastating train c
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we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan -- basic functions of these have to provide, is there a way to provide this in a completely new way. you have to do something with the trash. we have decided that we will that endthe trash out up in the dump. we depend on individuals to make that choice. technology is there. it has not been applied to this skill. want to see if we can prove it. benefit to thee process? this is what started as thinking in this direction. we have been kicking it for a long time. we had a lots of ideas. we said we achieve all these other ones. let's put one out where we do not know whether we can do it.
we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan --...
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the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this? >> he supports the idea of having it. >> when the u.s. is operating overseas, the ambassador in iraq and with the u.s. operates elsewhere, it is ambassador who heads the effort in the country. the commanding general heads the defense operations. i understand what was said. where would it fit in this command? >> the mission is discrete and will to find. clarity will provide certainty to both agencies and the contractors. it would be somewhat like fema. its mission is to oversee the relief or reconstruction activity in the affected country. the president would declare
the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this?...
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this is polluting my environment and town. fracking is the controversial technique where oil companies drill underground near water sources to extract the gas. ourstarted a petition on side. we look at her leadership, the quality of the petition, the attention it was getting. we elevated. it eventually got over 35,000 signers in the -- the state of california. we are trusting ellen members in using systems to make sure we're elevating thoughtful stuff. we are trusting our members. they are delivering in doing the most powerful campaigning i can imagine. we're excited to see what they and you can come up with as we head into 2014. ist: in the last minute, who the progress of candidate in 2016? guest: it is still very early. moveon members have played a huge role in elections. we have given hundreds of millions of dollars to progressive candidates. any candidate that once moveon -- wants moveon support should stand on their progressive values. there are so many things our members care about. we're looking forward to all of those
this is polluting my environment and town. fracking is the controversial technique where oil companies drill underground near water sources to extract the gas. ourstarted a petition on side. we look at her leadership, the quality of the petition, the attention it was getting. we elevated. it eventually got over 35,000 signers in the -- the state of california. we are trusting ellen members in using systems to make sure we're elevating thoughtful stuff. we are trusting our members. they are...
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. >> it's a very dynamic environment, dealing with an active fire and trying to rescue in the realm of 300 victims. so, this time, because we have not clearly defined and established those facts, we cannot answer your questions. >> reporter: as the plane came to rest, passengers scrambled to get out, despite emergency chutes that deployed inside the cabin. 62 of them ended up here at san francisco general hospital, while another 55 went to stanford. geoffrey manley is head of neurosurgery at san francisco general, which has discharged most of its patients, but still has six in critical condition, and two with serious spinal cord injuries that could lead to paralysis. >> the ligaments were simply ripped as they went forward and back in the seat with associated bone fractures as well. it is possible that these folks will never walk again. it is also possible that with some of this rapid surgery and aggressive management in the intensive care unit that they will have a chance to possibly regain some function. >> reporter: manley said many injuries were not apparent at first. >> many of th
. >> it's a very dynamic environment, dealing with an active fire and trying to rescue in the realm of 300 victims. so, this time, because we have not clearly defined and established those facts, we cannot answer your questions. >> reporter: as the plane came to rest, passengers scrambled to get out, despite emergency chutes that deployed inside the cabin. 62 of them ended up here at san francisco general hospital, while another 55 went to stanford. geoffrey manley is head of...
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but if they are doing it in an environment -- i saw it happen to my father, the type of sloppiness i would not expect anywhere else in our economy. since i have joined the board, what i am aware of is that they do not have the right discipline. they do not have the right accountability. i would like them to balance that. i do not think it is either or. we are just entertainers at the end of the day. [laughter] class keep entertaining the crowd. any other questions? >> the guy with the google glasses? >> are you sure you can interrupt yourself and talk to us? [laughter] [indiscernible] [laughter] >> one of the things [indiscernible] dealing with medicare, this results in the best doctors. just ask their patients. does this not cause us to end up having giant hospitals, the hospitals doing a lot of medicare [indiscernible] i am trying to get this in the right spot. are doing well because [indiscernible] other hospitals do well because they can handle the insurance system well. doctors can handle the insurance. >> hospitals do well because they do especially well in places like connecti
but if they are doing it in an environment -- i saw it happen to my father, the type of sloppiness i would not expect anywhere else in our economy. since i have joined the board, what i am aware of is that they do not have the right discipline. they do not have the right accountability. i would like them to balance that. i do not think it is either or. we are just entertainers at the end of the day. [laughter] class keep entertaining the crowd. any other questions? >> the guy with the...
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martha: how far away are we from a competitive environment where there's all these different entities going up there, and you have to protect it? you look at what richard branson has done, and that's just getting us up to the zone of the international space station which is how far away from the moon? i mean -- >> right. manned space flight into orbit, we're very close to that. manned space flight to the moon for a private company, that's still a long haul. but there's a prize called the google lunar x prize, and there are, actually, 32 different groups that are competing for a $30 million jackpot to send a robot to the moon. and some of them are pretty close. i mean, that may happen say within the next five years. so this is not a far distant thing. and those, you know, you could send an automatic prospector there, you know, collect some artifacts, bring them back and sell them on ebay. the need to protect this is not such a crazy, far-off idea as it may sound. martha: interesting. very interesting. corey, thanks. we'll see what happens. >> i know. martha: a lot of stuff i didn't kno
martha: how far away are we from a competitive environment where there's all these different entities going up there, and you have to protect it? you look at what richard branson has done, and that's just getting us up to the zone of the international space station which is how far away from the moon? i mean -- >> right. manned space flight into orbit, we're very close to that. manned space flight to the moon for a private company, that's still a long haul. but there's a prize called the...
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it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must have produces of the stuff and the british government says the u.k. shouldn't be getting left behind to talk more about this i'm joined by dr robert he's the founder for the alliance for natural health which campaigns against g.m. foods. there are a billion hungry mouths in the world and we're being told that this technology is safe shouldn't we embrace it in that case well if you look at all the real developments in raising eels it hasn't actually occurred through g.m. it's occurred through conventional breeding practices and we know that the european authorities have probably one of the most compr
it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must...
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that's an achievement of the environment we're working in today. what i find impressive of the bill and what's been done by the chairman is the bill sets some very good priorities. in fact, there's $2 billion for navigation projects and studies to advance american competitiveness and our ability to export which is critical for growth in this u.s. economy. it includes $1 billion of appropriation from the harbor maintenance trust fund. this is a record level. this is $200 million more than what we saw in fiscal year 2013. something that's absolutely critical because we know that our federal ports, our harbors is essential if we're going to be able to ship goods overseas. getting a dredging fund is absolutely necessary because we lose economic efficiency. in fact, on the mississippi river, every time we lose a foot of draft, it's about $1 million per ship per day in lost economic activity. if we're going to get this economy growing, create value, create jobs we have to export. and to export we need waterways that allows us to do that. according to the
that's an achievement of the environment we're working in today. what i find impressive of the bill and what's been done by the chairman is the bill sets some very good priorities. in fact, there's $2 billion for navigation projects and studies to advance american competitiveness and our ability to export which is critical for growth in this u.s. economy. it includes $1 billion of appropriation from the harbor maintenance trust fund. this is a record level. this is $200 million more than what...
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or to ask the person who is charged with protecting our air and water and environment to sit on the sideline even though she has the qualification and experience to begin serving steady. this is gotten out of hand. and if it's not already clear our patience with the standoff has run thin. this president and the american people deserve a functioning government. we're going to fight to ensure they get just that. >> reporter: what would happen if the republicans agree to -- are you absolutely? [inaudible conversations] >> i don't know yet. >> okay. >> reporter: if they do yet would you go -- >> if they approve all seven i wouldn't want to do that. >> what will you do if they block three or four? what is the next step? >> i'm going go to the floor on tuesday and do what i need to do so it doesn't happen anymore. [inaudible] >> the issue is this. if you go back and we can go back and look at all the statements made by republican colleague. he was all in favor of doing something. we were able to get over that. we worked our way through that because there were people who reasonable who moved forwar
or to ask the person who is charged with protecting our air and water and environment to sit on the sideline even though she has the qualification and experience to begin serving steady. this is gotten out of hand. and if it's not already clear our patience with the standoff has run thin. this president and the american people deserve a functioning government. we're going to fight to ensure they get just that. >> reporter: what would happen if the republicans agree to -- are you...
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international investors have pulled out and sold their assets the safest decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they were going to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sorry the western giants on leaving just most how much i want that i wore a helmet this car leasing businessmen tells us he's fed up. before morsi was ousted . we're begging for the i.m.f. loan of about four point seven billion dollars a year now we don't want it we're all as business men collectively decided to support the egyptian economy and one day we collected over fifteen billion dollars in donations were a large economy we can rely on ourselves but the facts tell a different story for each day these demonstrations continue the egyptian economy is forced to cough up another one billion dollars the ripple effect is more insecurity in an already unstable region if there's anyone benefiting from these revolutions it's people right
international investors have pulled out and sold their assets the safest decision in a repartee deteriorating environment for the foreseeable future it looks like egypt will have a government that again is unable to as to policy and as a result unable to provide investors with the confidence that they were going to begin to sing it but here in tokyo square protesters are not sorry the western giants on leaving just most how much i want that i wore a helmet this car leasing businessmen tells us...
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there was civil military interventions in a's conflict environment. we tried to measure the outcomes in these efforts over 10 years. using statistics and indices that were kept by freedom house, the imf, and world bank. afghanistan rated quite high on most of those indexes, but remarkably, in the category of human development, it showed the best rate of improvement of all 20 of these countries. human development as an index measures a combination of health, education, and standard of living outcomes. rated top afghanistan of all 20. others for actually poor, and is not just because a dollar a lot of assistance. what does this mean in practical terms? in afghanistan means life expectancy has gone from 44-60 years. what does it mean in terms of literacy? it means afghanistan has gone from having the worst rate of literacy in the entire world, 33%e 15% back in 2001, to literacy today and to 60% literacy by 2025 if the kids that are in school today stay in school. it means going from one tv station to 75, nearly all independent tv stations. these are pret
there was civil military interventions in a's conflict environment. we tried to measure the outcomes in these efforts over 10 years. using statistics and indices that were kept by freedom house, the imf, and world bank. afghanistan rated quite high on most of those indexes, but remarkably, in the category of human development, it showed the best rate of improvement of all 20 of these countries. human development as an index measures a combination of health, education, and standard of living...
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now all of a sudden you are getting in the landing environment and starting to bleed off that air speed. the air speed goes below the target air speed, next thing she said was a stick shaker sound was on. stick shaker literally shakes the stick of the airplane to get the pilot's attention that you are about to enter a stall speed. what happened is, it sounds like they are coming downhill. they are bleeding off air speed the throttles are back at idle, they bleed off too much air speed. now, they realize they are low and flat. stick shaker is going off. somebody in cockpit, go around, go around, let's get out of here. they throw the throttles up but it takes so long for those engines to spool back you they impacted the ground and shattered the tail off the aaron. at that point --. >> gregg: i've got 90 seconds before a break. why would this happen? is this pilot error? >> it is starting to shape up as pilot error. yes. throat sl colonel coming down. we talked about this before. when you do an approach, open ocean or over a large body of water and you are looking ahead and you can physica
now all of a sudden you are getting in the landing environment and starting to bleed off that air speed. the air speed goes below the target air speed, next thing she said was a stick shaker sound was on. stick shaker literally shakes the stick of the airplane to get the pilot's attention that you are about to enter a stall speed. what happened is, it sounds like they are coming downhill. they are bleeding off air speed the throttles are back at idle, they bleed off too much air speed. now,...
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tight regulations on genetically modified food with the country's environment secretary saying g.m. farming is actual of the alternatives but despite government ministers apparent enthusiasm for by attack parliament's cafeterias have banned g.m. products from their menus now g.m. products are usually associated with staple crops like corn and rice but can find their way into many items ranging from need to milk and chocolate around ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the u.s. giant mint santo which is accused of stifling small businesses and driving some farmers to ruin and even suicide meanwhile the alarms being raised over the health implications of genetically doctored food ranging from simple allergies to deadly immune system problems are just bully boy who investigates. it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government assure it is
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you have got to get your political system working so the you are not creating an environment where it is difficult for the people starting out. do not have a salary for your kids, whenever society is we will have trouble getting a handle on this. the political system is destroying this country. they need to start coughing up their money to take care of this rest -- this mess. if they make more than $10 per hour, they are stealing money from us. thank you for your time. host -- host: the story comes from nashville, tennessee. the question this morning is about the government's role in feeding children. this piece is called driving away hunger. it was photographed by michael williamson. they are looking at a community in rural tennessee and looking at efforts to feed children over the summer months, when they are not in the school. there is a bus that goes around and find the children themselves. there are strict rules about how much food children are given. they have to stay on the bus and eat it there, they cannot take it home with them. we have looked at the numbers in this piece in
you have got to get your political system working so the you are not creating an environment where it is difficult for the people starting out. do not have a salary for your kids, whenever society is we will have trouble getting a handle on this. the political system is destroying this country. they need to start coughing up their money to take care of this rest -- this mess. if they make more than $10 per hour, they are stealing money from us. thank you for your time. host -- host: the story...
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goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the air. caller: all these companies took the jobs to china to avoid taxes and labor laws. clean up the environment. when it took them over there, they were getting one dollar a day. versus, what they were making here in the united states. when united states companies went overseas -- as their headquarters sit the united states -- the only people who seem to benefit from this are the government. these companies are getting off scott free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one tha
goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the...
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as an environment putin doesn't really want this to become a major issue between the united states and russia tensions between the two countries great at the moment and i think this is an issue that both countries could do without now both presidents barack obama and vladimir putin did have a phone conversation late on friday the exact details of what was discussed is unknown but i think it's fair to say that russia will be keen to maybe try and score some simple points over the united states but this doesn't become too much of a thorny issue between the two. i mean while there was a blow as meeting with human rights activists has caused yet another outburst of criticism from washington which directly demands that snowden be handed over these guys nature can reports. the white house has basically accused russia of providing quote a propaganda platform for edward snowden this is washington's reaction to edward snowden's meeting with russian human rights activists at the moscow airport take a listen i would simply say that providing a propaganda platform for mr snowden runs counter to th
as an environment putin doesn't really want this to become a major issue between the united states and russia tensions between the two countries great at the moment and i think this is an issue that both countries could do without now both presidents barack obama and vladimir putin did have a phone conversation late on friday the exact details of what was discussed is unknown but i think it's fair to say that russia will be keen to maybe try and score some simple points over the united states...
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let us create conducive environments. governance, peace, internal cohesion, before talking about sustainable development. >> i think we have time for another round of questions. >> thank you for allowing me to express myself. i want to come back to the question of the legitimacy of ouagadougou. we know that burkina faso was involved in the civil wars in sierra leone and liberia. those wars, in the eyes of billions of africans, burkina faso does not have legitimacy to talk about legitimacy in africa. when you lose somebody dear to you, that gives you a shape. as you africans, we believe there was someone sincere in what he wanted to do for africa. if the new leadership cannot at least bring stability -- you brought that to burkina faso. so be it. after his death, we see that spain is the leading nation today, trying to promote solar power. there is more sun in burkina faso than in spain. what have you done in 26 years? that is the question. >> thank you very much. next question. >> my name is abdel maliki, and i am from th
let us create conducive environments. governance, peace, internal cohesion, before talking about sustainable development. >> i think we have time for another round of questions. >> thank you for allowing me to express myself. i want to come back to the question of the legitimacy of ouagadougou. we know that burkina faso was involved in the civil wars in sierra leone and liberia. those wars, in the eyes of billions of africans, burkina faso does not have legitimacy to talk about...
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so the creation of environment for the investment is also one of our national priorities. currently, the climate for investment according to international ratings isn't among the top 20, i would say, but i wish we have a chance to get in the same kind of format in five years. i bet we will be in the 20. we are working hard on creating conditions in russia that would be considered by other outside investors as good as in 20 best countries in the world. but even today i think our investment climate is very much underrated, and we are doing much better than some of late. at the same time, also when it comes to russian economy we have enjoyed previous -- [inaudible] fiscal environment. we have accumulated significant reserves. we have two funds, one sovereign fund which is about 40 -- $84 billion and another reserve fund that is another $80-miss -- $80-plus billion. and the national reserves are 500 plus billion dollars as well. we are almost debt-free country because our external debt is no more than 2.5% and including internal debt is around 10, 11%. if you compare it with t
so the creation of environment for the investment is also one of our national priorities. currently, the climate for investment according to international ratings isn't among the top 20, i would say, but i wish we have a chance to get in the same kind of format in five years. i bet we will be in the 20. we are working hard on creating conditions in russia that would be considered by other outside investors as good as in 20 best countries in the world. but even today i think our investment...
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but morsi also created a hostile environment. one of his key clerics during easter called upon muslims not to say happy easter to their christian neighbors cause that would be un-islamic. so under morsi, christians suffered and they've been leaving the country in droves ever since. >> and still are. >> and still are. >> kate seelye of the middle east institute. many thanks to you. >> thank you so much. >>> in other news, in syria, fighting continued this week despite calls from the united nations for a cease-fire during ramadan. the u.n. and other international aid groups say civilians in syria are facing extremely severe shortages of food, water and medicine. >>> at the vatican this week, pope francis updated vatican city laws related to child sexual abuse and to the leaking of vatican information. the laws apply to all vatican employees. pope francis increased the prison sentences for sexual abuse and added one for possession of child pornography. and for the first time, he made leaking confidential vatican information a crime.
but morsi also created a hostile environment. one of his key clerics during easter called upon muslims not to say happy easter to their christian neighbors cause that would be un-islamic. so under morsi, christians suffered and they've been leaving the country in droves ever since. >> and still are. >> and still are. >> kate seelye of the middle east institute. many thanks to you. >> thank you so much. >>> in other news, in syria, fighting continued this week...
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. >> and first of all they want a stable international environment for them to reach their economic goals and, you can't think about that without thinking about u.s.-china relations and i think that is probably the main thing. also i think particularly this new leading team with she she ping. -- xxiping. >> major powers. >> really -- >> yes. >> we should show the show the word that the emergence of a new major power doesn't necessarily mean chaos and war and so on. think they're very interested in this trying to build it. that is why american politicians that go over there usually get a really great welcome, even the ones that aren't so friendly. >> so as i mentioned to sidney, i spent last week in beijing with a number of senior security officials wearing the green uniform of the pla. that was very interesting. one of the theme that came through was the theme of strategic mistrust. the argument was given, for example, in iraq and afghanistan a large number about american troops have been killed accidentally by u.k. friendly fire, nobody except real anglphobes thinks this is crisis betwee
. >> and first of all they want a stable international environment for them to reach their economic goals and, you can't think about that without thinking about u.s.-china relations and i think that is probably the main thing. also i think particularly this new leading team with she she ping. -- xxiping. >> major powers. >> really -- >> yes. >> we should show the show the word that the emergence of a new major power doesn't necessarily mean chaos and war and so on....
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resulting in over $100,000 in legal costs to the family farm, all with no improvement or protection of the environment. this amendment is sent to make it clear that the corps is not to use any fundses to regulate activities that are already excluded from regulation under 4-f-1 a and c and that the provision in 404-fh 2 is not used to undermine sections of 404-f-1 permitting exemptions. the amendment allows that the permitting exemptions stand on their own merits without the corps and e.p.a. negating their use through clever legal interpretations. in no way does this amendment attack or limit regulation of wetlands or our nation's waterways. as a rancher myself with wetlands, ducks, other wildlife on my land, i know full well the importance and value of reasonable protections for our natural resources. today farms in california and elsewhere are being targeted for simply changing crops or irrigation methods. they're doing their best to follow every law, the spirit of the law, but are being targeted for something congress exempted. this amendment simply follows -- simply limits funds to ensure that agen
resulting in over $100,000 in legal costs to the family farm, all with no improvement or protection of the environment. this amendment is sent to make it clear that the corps is not to use any fundses to regulate activities that are already excluded from regulation under 4-f-1 a and c and that the provision in 404-fh 2 is not used to undermine sections of 404-f-1 permitting exemptions. the amendment allows that the permitting exemptions stand on their own merits without the corps and e.p.a....
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. >> (translated): most of those areas with different faiths have been incubating environments for groups who have an extremist ideology. it was a plan. weapons were brought in a long time ago. it was all planned. the lads here had been preparing in case the village was attacked. >> narrator: in may last year, as violence spread across syria, fighting finally broke out between the alawites of aziziya and their sunni neighbors. >> (translated): we were with some young men, not many of us. the attackers were in the hundreds, about 700 gunmen. >> narrator: mohammed mahmoud is part of an alawite militia that protects the village. >> (translated): as the attack intensified and the number of the terrorists increased, we retreated. so they came in here and burned everything. you can see the fire damage. >> narrator: he's convinced that his sunni neighbors have been infiltrated by terrorists with extreme religious beliefs. >> (translated): they are planning to wipe us out. they don't even think of us as humans. in their books they call our sect the "akbiya." the "akbiya" are insects that should l
. >> (translated): most of those areas with different faiths have been incubating environments for groups who have an extremist ideology. it was a plan. weapons were brought in a long time ago. it was all planned. the lads here had been preparing in case the village was attacked. >> narrator: in may last year, as violence spread across syria, fighting finally broke out between the alawites of aziziya and their sunni neighbors. >> (translated): we were with some young men, not...
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zero lower bound and, i hope, you know, at a reasonable period of time we'll be in a more monetary environment. >> on that international theme, you talked about the tripartheid roles of macroprudential regulation, lender of last resort and we look around the globe, the regulatory policies are in some cases done by an organization which is not the central bank. do you see there as being a strong case for bringing that role inside the central bank, or can you see circumstances in which it works to have the macro prudential part in a distinct organization? >> well, different, different countries have different kinds of financial structures as jean claude was saying, europe and the u.s. are different in many ways, etc. but as you look around the world, the trend now, of course, is for financial regulatory activities, financial oversight activities to move back into central banks. i mean, that's happening in europe, that's happening in the u.k., it's happening in the united states. and i think there's good reason for that. one very simple reason is that central banks tend to have the kind of expert
zero lower bound and, i hope, you know, at a reasonable period of time we'll be in a more monetary environment. >> on that international theme, you talked about the tripartheid roles of macroprudential regulation, lender of last resort and we look around the globe, the regulatory policies are in some cases done by an organization which is not the central bank. do you see there as being a strong case for bringing that role inside the central bank, or can you see circumstances in which it...
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again, there is no micro-environments coming into sfo. i've done it too many times. there just isn't. >> came in with too steep angling of attack and too little speed and bam. >> stephanie: let's hope this isn't another drunk pilot story. >> i don't think so. >> stephanie: don't d'oh you take a little whiff of the cockpit? >> used to be you would smell cigarette smoke up there. the whole plane -- my wife used to be a flight attendant. flights to japan the air was just thick with cigarette smoke. smoking constantly. they had to go to the cockpit and breathe through the oxygen mask to keep from passing out. >> stephanie: a passenger on the flight as well. >> i was look out the window. i was just looking. it looked like we were about to land in the water. >> stephanie: can you imagine? the neighboring airline pilot and the san francisco control tower. >> we see people -- [ indiscernible ] >> he said people are walk outside the airplane right now. >> people are struggling. >> we have emergency vehicle responding. >> stephanie: i don't know what the footage you were watch
again, there is no micro-environments coming into sfo. i've done it too many times. there just isn't. >> came in with too steep angling of attack and too little speed and bam. >> stephanie: let's hope this isn't another drunk pilot story. >> i don't think so. >> stephanie: don't d'oh you take a little whiff of the cockpit? >> used to be you would smell cigarette smoke up there. the whole plane -- my wife used to be a flight attendant. flights to japan the air was...
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balance sheet transactions to try to make money because it's hard to make money in a zero interest rate environment but as a result they're creating systemic risk and perhaps setting us up for another financial collapse so that's one concern on the other hand if you do taper where you're going to find is that it's very deflationary it's counter to a lot of what the fed's trying to accomplish the fed actually wants more inflation because they're worried about deflation and they want to cheaper dollars because they want to import some inflation in the form of higher import prices so the problem is but if you keep easing and keep asset purchases and actually try to get more inflation get the cheaper dollar you may be creating bubbles and you may be creating systemic risk so that tapering crowd is worried about. the risk of bubbles popping and off balance sheet games by banks the non tapering crowd is worried about deflation of the stronger dollar the answer is there is no good choice you're going to take significant risk either way this is what happens when you manipulate the way in the market guard t
balance sheet transactions to try to make money because it's hard to make money in a zero interest rate environment but as a result they're creating systemic risk and perhaps setting us up for another financial collapse so that's one concern on the other hand if you do taper where you're going to find is that it's very deflationary it's counter to a lot of what the fed's trying to accomplish the fed actually wants more inflation because they're worried about deflation and they want to cheaper...
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. >> reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. >> so those facilities are big. there's a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be decontaminated so that there is no cadmium left on that material. and that would be expensive. >> reporter: they say no state or federal cleanup dollars will be used. the tab, reported to be at $2.2 million job, belongs to abound. and if what's left of the company's resources don't cover it, property owners will be stuck with costs, as reusable inventory goes to other solar manufacturers. >> i think what you'll see is many of the materials that were left behind will end up in a recycling stream. >> reporter: the solar energy industry's association says despite the dangerous mess, solar is still the cleanest and most abundant form of energy today. >> it's unfortunate that they are bankrupt and out of business. but the technology that they relied upon, american innova
. >> reporter: the colorado department of public health and environment is in charge of making sure the panels in the thousands of gallons of contaminated liquids in warehouses and manufacturing plants are disposed of properly. >> so those facilities are big. there's a lot of machinery left behind. that machinery needs to be decontaminated so that there is no cadmium left on that material. and that would be expensive. >> reporter: they say no state or federal cleanup dollars...